Are you a Hummingbird Fan? (Who isn't?)

Are you a fan of hummingbirds??

Nancy asked on facebook if there were any hummingbird fans & writes: "As long as I’ve lived in California, I’ve never, ever been blasé about hummingbirds. They truly seem to have magical powers, and every time one appears, I have a sense that something magical just might happen in my life."

Ah yes, they are mystical indeed. I am definitely a fan of hummingbirds. I have my own tales to tell. I think Virgos who have crossed over and especially prone to send messages through/with hummingbirds.

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Virgo Male: The Horse Whisperer for Women

If I weren't an astrologer and a psychic, I might write "It's funny, don't you think? that two Virgos, two Canadian-born Virgos, would choose to sing I'M YOUR MAN." Written and sung by Leonard Cohen, and covered by Michael Buble.

You know that saying "It's what you don't know that will kill you"? Well, it's what you don't know about a Virgo man that will capture your heart forever - for this world, and the next world and beyond.

Two versions of "I'm Your Man". In Buble's version (which in no way compares to Leonard Cohen's own), the song even ends with the chords of a mystery thriller.






What is it about a Virgo man? None of Leonard Cohen's exes has an unkind thing to say about him. And he has never married.

In "Still Plenty of Life in this Ladies' Man," Australian columist Michelle Griffin writes:

LEONARD Cohen is like a horse whisperer, only for women. Even at 74 ...
When he growled his sleazy 1988 classic I'm Your Man, women leapt from their picnic blankets to yell: "Yes, you are!"

Ah, no Ms. Griffin. A Virgo man is never, ever sleazy. Even when he's doing that madonna/whore thing.

But a man never got a woman back
Not by begging on his knees
Or I'd crawl to you baby
And I'd fall at your feet
And I'd howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat ...

"Rye" said Ms. Griffin. No, more like tongue-in-cheek dignity. I can see the look on the Virgo man's face as he crawls and begs. Horse whisperer for women. Because if he really did crawl and beg, well, as Jack Nicholson, whose Moon is in Virgo, said, "You only lie to two people in your life: the police and your girlfriend."

Ms. Griffin got it right ... He charmed us, he moved us, and then he broke it to us gently. As a Virgo would. They were "courtly" songs of sex and regret, and ... none of his exes has an unkind thing to say about him.

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Cohen's Hallelujah, by Cohen, by K. D. Lang

Oh the Virgo, my readers, the tender-hearted Virgo.

This song, this prayer, Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah can be taken at many different levels. Taken at the level of a relationship between a man and a woman, THE defining line is "But you don't really care for music, do ya?" Watch below, it occurs at .18.



Look at Cohen, the Virgo's eyes - the pain of making such a statement about a loved one ... the gentle acceptance of the unalterable. The utter soul-kindness, IMO, of the evolved Virgo. Watch closely his eyes.

Watch, keeping in mind that according to my Canadian source, apparently none of his exes has an unkind word to say about him. Do you doubt why?

We will now do a comparison. Take a look at how fellow Canadian, K. D. Lang, does the cover, and this is a powerful version in its own right. This is at the Juno awards in Winnepeg, 2005.

First of all, this is SCORPIO. The sexy, secretive, intense Scorpio.

It takes her 22 seconds to prepare, and watch the focus of the preparation. According to her chart, her temperament is nervous. Her chart has lots of water signs. Her heart and her emotions are her driving force and she can't do anything on Earth if she doesn't feel a strong affective charge. With fewer than the average fires signs, chart says she may appear to lack warmth, enthusiasm, appearing indifferent to others, which is not true .. and watch her work her way up to this, to let go.

(A Virgo "let go"? Uh uh)

Sensitivity dominated by reason, it's like she analyzed how to show this, and show it she did. Watch the incredible hand motions -- they remind me of Edith Piaf's, what defined "the little sparrow." And these are orchestrated as only a Scorpio can -- watch what she does with the mike cord when she sings about "tied you to her kitchen chair."

Now when SHE sings the line at .36 secs, watch her go into what I call "that Scorpio scorn." In ending relationships, dear reader, the Scorpio usually takes no prisoners.

Also note her subdued reaction at the end, as the crowd applauds. Ah, the mystery of what is broiling inside a Scorpio!

Beautiful, beautiful. Thank you Leonard Cohen for your work.

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Madonna, a Leo and Ritchie, a Virgo

Just the sort of thing that would happen during this astrological time period: Man's last gift to wife: a $10 million lottery ticket. On the day that Donald Peters of Connecticut died, he bought the winning lotto ticket at his local 7-Eleven store. Read the full story here.

Next ...

Madonna, performing in Boston shortly after her split with Guy Ritchie was announced, said: "This song is for the emotionally retarded. You might know a few people who fall into that category. God knows I do."

And??

If you want to learn about emotional intelligence, the opposite of "emotionally retarded," go here.

The song Madonna then sang was "Miles Away", inspired, she once said, by her often long-distance relationship with Ritchie.



Madonna Lyrics
Miles Away Lyrics

Supposedly the bitterest part of the fight is about the child custody.

But what about their charts? What else is going on?

Ritchie
Born September 10, 1968
Hartfield UK
Birth time: unknown
Sun sign: Virgo
Moon Sign: Aries or Taurus

This is earth, mutable, practical, realistic, dependable But they tend to see things critically and cynically, picking and nit-picking. They can look through someone, not at them. They like things tidy; that is to say, "their" way. And quite often, because of their attention to detail, they don't know a good thing until it's gone.

Madonna
August 16 1958
Bay City, Michigan
Birth time: 7:05 a.m.
Sun Sign: Leo
Moon Sign: Virgo

This is fire, fixed, romantic. Someone who cannot stand to be picked on, picked at, picked apart. A Leo woman needs romance and to be appreciated, and the up-close-and-personal type of love. Leo women, like Madonna, cannot stand not to be appreciated. They know their own worth - the Queens of Hearts - and often give warning to critical lovers -- "You're gonna miss me when I'm gone." When ignored in a romance or affair of the heart, they say things like ... well the lyrics of "Miles Away."

Lets do my Diamond Analogy on this one. Virgo? When presented with a huge carat diamond, of uncommon beauty, sees only the tiny carbon inclusion. Mourns and turns cynical. Because no diamond, and no thing, is ever perfect. Leo? Is the diamond. Uncut, the blinding beauty cannot be revealed. The best diamond cutter will find the facets, shape, polish, transforming the Diamond from a rough stone into a faceted gem.

All in all, Virgo male and Leo female make excellent platonic room-mates. For lasting love? Well there's the astrological scene, too. With transit of Pluto in Capricorn - a New Phase of Existence for us all, Madonna and Ritchie as well.

And then there's the retrograde of Saturn in Virgo. It means different tasks for each sign, and depending on the house and sign where Saturn falls in your birth chart (see earlier blog). Email me for a reading. For instance, for Pisces, it's about healing yourself in spite of a relationship, and for Capricorn, its about your behavior. But for Virgo? For Virgo it's about EVERYTHING.

We wish Madonna, Ritchie and the children the best at this difficult time.

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Cameron Diaz the Virgo

Cameron Diaz telling her boyfriend, Paul Sculfor, who had moved his stuff into her house, that she vants to be alone?? A VirgO?

Cameron, who admitted to being commitment phobic on the Ellen Degeneres show, has had her history with this.

So what's in the chart of this VIRGO that might make her so commitment shy?

Well she's independent, for sure. A moon in Taurus - she likes her stability and security, but there's also the conjunct Mars (fighter! masculine planet!) which is where she gets that kind of boyish energy and personality as well as wanting to be the boss in relationships. And not liking to be confined. Picture the bull in the china shop.


Her Venus is squared by Uranus, the planet of revolution and rebellion. They don't like to be dependent on others.

Virgos often live alone for long periods because they're so picky, picky ...

At the same time, all of us have experienced a difficult past month. The solar eclipse (between eclipses really), which makes this a hard two weeks. Then we have the Pluto retrograde meaning "surprises." Well Paul certainly got one of those 'surprises' I've been talking about. And we might expect it to reverse itself again, and maybe another time, before we can all settle down to New Lives in November.

And then there's the Uranus Retrograde until November 26. A time to reconsider attempts at separation and individuation you tried before that didn't work. One fellow astrologer puts it well - watch the choices right now, because there's no turning back to the way it used to be.

Surely this is a hard time for her and we wish her the best.

If you've ever lived with a Virgo, as I have, you might agree it's delightful, once they consider it their home and you as part of it. And sad when it ends.

Photo: wikimedia commons, Caroline Bonarde Ucci photographer.

Warren Buffet and a Sign of the Times

Warren Buffet is a Virgo, born 1930 August 30 at 1200PM, Omaha, Nebraska.

He has four planets in earth. His Moon is in Sag. 5 or more planets in Cardinal signs.

With this chart, he is practical, down to earth and concerned with comfort and security in the material sense but also relationships. Very reality oriented. Inspiration and conceptual theorizing don't mean as much to him as concrete facts, reality, tangible results, practicaity, oand the application of theory. Pragmatic. "Does it work?" Can I see, feel, touch, the results. Dependable and reliable, not exiting and people who put on airs and live the fast life would find him dull (and he would find them ridiculous). With so many planets in Cardinal signs, he like to start things. Like Berkshire Hathaway. :-)

Going around the Internet:

Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:
>>
>> 1. He bought his first share of stock at age 11 and he
>> now regrets that he started too late!
>>
>> 2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from
>> delivering newspapers.
>>
>> 3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in
>> mid-town Omaha that he bought after he got married
>> 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs
>> in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
>>
>> 4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have
>> a driver or security people around him.
>>
>> 5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the
>> world's largest private jet company.
>>
>> 6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies.
>> He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these
>> companies, giving them goals for the year. He never
>> holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. He
>> has given his CEO's only two rules:
>>
>> Rule number 1: Do not lose any of your shareholder's money.
>>
>> Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
>>
>> 7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd.
>> His pastime after he gets home is to make himself
>> some popcorn and watch television.
>>
>> 8. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone. He does not
>> have a computer on his desk.
>>
>> His advice to young people: "Stay away from
>> credit cards and invest in yourself and remember:
>>
>> A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who
>> created money.
>>
>> B. Live your life as simple as you can.
>>
>> C. Don't do what others say, just listen to them, but do
>> what you feel is good.
>>
>> D. Don't go on brand names; just wear those things
>> in which you feel comfortable.
>>
>> E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things.
>>
>> F. It's your life so why give others the chance
>> to rule your life."